See Also: reign(medicine)
reign(1)(dictionary)
reign(2)(dictionary)
Reign of Terror(encyclopedia)
reign 1, noun(dictionary)
reign 2, verb(dictionary)

sitcom (iou) and reign(1) (iou)


sitcom (iou)



sitcom noun. Also sit-com. M20.
[Abbreviation.]
A situation comedy.

reign(1) (iou)



reign noun. ME.
[Old French reigne, (also mod.) regne kingdom from Latin regnum rel. to rex, reg- king.]
Royal power or rule, sovereignty; transf. power or influence comparable to that of a monarch. Now rare. ME.
a. A kingdom, a realm; a territory ruled over by a monarch. ME-E18.
b. Christian Theology. The kingdom of heaven or of God. ME.
c. A place or sphere in which some specified person, thing, or quality is dominant or supreme. poet. Now rare. LME.
d. = KINGDOM noun 5. rare. M-L18.
The period of a monarch's rule. ME.
reign of terror: see TERROR noun.
W. Trevor An imposing building that suggested the reign of Victoria.
Comb.: reign mark: on oriental ceramic ware indicating in whose reign it was made; reign name, reign title the symbolic name adopted by a Japanese or (formerly) Chinese ruler.